MINUTES of SCINA Meeting - Sunday April 16, 2023
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERGROUP OF NICOTINE ANONYMOUS (SCINA) 

INTRODUCTIONS:  George O. called the meeting to order at 10:02 am with the Serenity Prayer followed by introductions.

WAS YOUR MEETING REPRESENTED?  Quorum was met with 7 members in attendance. The following meetings were represented: West Hollywood 001, Long Beach 012, Laguna Beach 257, Studio City 273 & San Diego 285.

TRADITIONS: Tradition #4, “Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or Nicotine Anonymous as a whole.” was read.

TREASURER’S REPORT:

Balance from March report $764.17

Transfer from PayPal 369.49

SCINA Spring event -99.19

GoDaddy Site Renewal Charge -20.17

NAWS Conference reimbursement
    for one delegate -25.00

H&I mailing* -13.86

Registrar expenses – April -15.67

Current available balance** 959.77

We received a $300 PayPal donation this month from Larry V. and/or his group. If you make a donation for a group, please notify me at whca111@gmail.com, so we can give your group thanks and credit!

*Postage increased last month from $0.57 to $0.60. Therefore, I owe H&I mailing an additional $0.03 for last month (=$0.66) + this month (22 envelopes @$0.60=$13.20). Price this month is $13.86, but will be $13.20 going forward.

**There is an additional $5,000 in the checking account that we do not touch to avoid $18/month bank fee. Savings account (prudent reserve) balance is $1000.69. 

REGISTRAR REPORT: No Changes were made to the Administration List.   No Meetings were added. or updated or removed. No H&I Listings were added, updated or removed.  32 Directories were printed and 27 envelopes addressed.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:                 

HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS:  Please send additional email contacts (which don’t increase our postage costs) for our meeting list; ask your doctors and dentists.  For more information, or to be of service, call Angela P. at (949) 302-8465 or angela.socal9@gmail.com.

COMMUNICATIONS:  No concerns at this time, any questions or concerns can be directed to SCINAinfo@gmail.com 1-877-879-6422 or 1-877-TRY-NICA.

LITERATURE: No concerns at this time. The current balance is $835.27. 

NICOTINE ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES (NAWS):  The 38th Annual NicA World Services Conference will be hybrid via Zoom and in person in Baltimore, Maryland on April 21-23, 2023.  The deadline to register for remote attendance is April 19th. If you are curious to see the delegates packet and what is being voted on this year, you can read it on the 2023 NAWS Conference website https://nicawsc.com/.  Swag is also available for purchase.

EVENTS: About 15 NicA members enjoyed food, fellowship, and fun at the SCINA Spring Event at the Marina Pacifica Fellowship last month. Many thanks to Bill H. for organizing the event as well as Jim D. for securing the location for us and being a great speaker!  Other members also had an opportunity to share, receive chips and hugs, and meet each other in person for the first time. It was wonderful to see friends we hadn’t seen in person since March 2020.  As far as upcoming events, Bill H will look into the possibility of having a Joshua Tree Retreat this year after he returns from the NAWS Conference; if you know of an alternative location (other than the Joshua Tree Retreat Center) to hold a retreat, please let us know. There is a retreat center in Julian, CA called Camp Stevens that we can look into.

NEW MEETINGS: If interested in starting a new meeting, call Gary 310-755-5582 and leave a message.

PUBLIC OUTREACH: If you’re interested in being of service and taking on the commitment of Public Outreach Chair, please contact George O. at (562) 310-0874. Send your Meeting Representative to the Intergroup meetings to tell us how we can help you. 

SPEAKERS LIST:  Invite a speaker to your meeting.  Call (949) 302-8465 for a list.   

BYLAWS:  No report.

WEB OPERATIONS: Directory, Calendar, and News pages have been updated. In the past month, we had 96 visitors and 190 page views. The top page views after the Welcome Page (47 views) were Meeting List/Directory (43 views), Virtual Meeting Quick Reference (28 views), News and Updates (18 views), and Google Calendar (4 views).

In addition to 94 visitors within the United States, we had 2 visitors from France.

John D. is in charge of the shared Zoom account for SCINA. Please contact him at (818) 618-1501 if you have any questions.

OLD BUSINESS: No old business.

NEW BUSINESS: Danielle N. is stepping down as SCINA secretary. The position of secretary is currently open. Please come to intergroup. Your service is greatly needed and appreciated.

BIRTHDAYS: George O. has 21 years, Bob K. has 32 years. Yay!

SECRETARY REPORT: April minutes were read, corrected and approved.

CLOSING PRAYER:  Angela P. led us in the Serenity Prayer at 10:48 am.